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H. Res. 1027 110th Congress House

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strike rule XXVIII, popularly known as the "Gephardt rule", and to require recorded votes on measures that increase the statutory limit on the…

Official title: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strike rule XXVIII, popularly known as the "Gephardt rule", and to require recorded votes on measures tha… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strike rule XXVIII, popularly known as the "Gephardt rule", and to require recorded votes on measures that increase the statutory limit on the public debt.

Introduced: March 6, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Mar 6, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Mar 6, 2008
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 Latest action March 6, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Rule XXVIII (Statutory Limit on Public Debt) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to enact legislation that increases the statutory limit on the public debt unless the vote upon final passage of such measure is a recorded vote.

(Repeals the "Gephardt Rule" providing for mandatory adjustment of the statutory limit on the public debt to conform to a budget resolution.)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 2
Sali, Bill
· Mar 14, 2008
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 6, 2008
Davis, David
· Mar 6, 2008
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Mar 6, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1027: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strike rule XXVIII, popularly known as the "Gephardt rule", and to require recorded votes on measures that increase the statutory limit on the public debt.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1027/
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"H. Res. 1027: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strike rule XXVIII, popularly known as the "Gephardt rule", and to require recorded votes on measures that increase the statutory limit on the public debt.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1027/.
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H. Res. 1027, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1027/.
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[H. Res. 1027: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strike rule XXVIII, popularly known as the "Gephardt rule", and to require recorded votes on measures that increase the statutory limit on the public debt.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-1027/)
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